Improving the World One Child & One Community at a Time:To accomplish the Kiwanis International mission the Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas sponsors nine KEY Clubs in area high schools. KEY (Kiwanis Educating Youth) Club members learn important leadership skills and volunteerism. By working together, members can achieve what one person cannot accomplish alone. When you give a child the chance to learn, experience, dream, grow, succeed and thrive, great things happen.

Len Yelinek RemembersVarsity Quiz… the beginning

Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas president Vern Albright was the driving force to get this program going. It was originally called KIWANIS BOWL (after GE's College Bowl). At the end of first season Vern suggested to the president of the Anaheim club that there be a playoff between the top school teams from Orange County and Clark County. The Anaheim president discouraged the idea feeling the Nevada kids would lose to the Orange Co. team and be humiliated. We took the team anyway, and the Clark County students WON. For several years thereafter, every-other-year our Kiwanis Club transported the winning Clark County team to Anaheim and on the off-years, the Anaheim students came to Las Vegas.

Varsity Quiz

This is the 50th season of Varsity Quiz. The Varsity Quiz Program is patterned after a high school program that was being sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Anaheim. In 1969 a delegation from that club convinced the leadership of the Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas to sponsor a similar program in Clark County. The Southern Nevada program was named Varsity Quiz. It is conducted within the Clark County School District (CCSD). The Varsity Quiz Program completed its 49th season in 2018. The Varsity Quiz Program is a partnership between the Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas, CCSD, and Vegas PBS TV-10. more Varsity Quiz information

Judith Granese Scholarship

Judith Granese was an English Teacher at Valley High School and served for over a decade as Key Club Regional Advisor. At an appreciation cocktail party at the Stratosphere Judith and many of her long-time friends and colleagues donated money to fund the scholarship in her name to be presented as long as there was money available. Judith says, “The majority of the credit actually goes to past Kiwanis Governor Wixon. more Judith Granese Scholarship information

Kristina Bannister Rancho High School2018 Educator of the Year

Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas' Educator of the Year Program, starting in 1992, was the brainchild of Kiwanian Ned L. Jacobs. The purpose of the program was to recognize outstanding educators at the secondary level in the Clark County School District (CCSD). The inaugural Educator of the Year Awards was held on April 29, 1992, at the Port Tack Restaurant. This year’s awards presentation was at the Stratosphere Tower under the direction of Mark Segal, Educator of the Year Committee Chairman. more Educator of the Year information

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Some history of the Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas in pictures!

Club History - 93 Years of Service to Our Community

On December 4, 1925, the Las Vegas Kiwanis Club was born. Kiwanis meeting date and time was set for 12: 10 PM on Wednesdays and the day has never changed.The first meeting was held at Las Vegas High School. The Kiwanis Club of San Bernardino was our sponsor. After that the meeting place became “The Beanery”, an unofficial name for the coffee shop at the Union Pacific Depot. Over the years the meeting location has changed but our mission has remained the same.